IWI Dan vs KPV heavy machine gun: Specs Compared

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IWI Dan

Sniper rifle

Credit

Mztourist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BSmall arms

KPV heavy machine gun

Heavy machine gun

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Sturmvogel 66 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

IWI DanLength

1.28 m

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KPV heavy machine gunLength

1.98 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

IWI Danlarger figure on 0 of 5

None

KPV heavy machine gunlarger figure on 5 of 5

Length+55%
Mass+731%
Range+150%
Barrel length+83%
Muzzle velocity

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 84 rows sourced on both sides

1.28m

1.98m

Length+55%

All recorded figures & sources

1.28 m

Length

Single source

1.03 m

stock folded

Single source

Configuration

Details

IWI Dan and KPV heavy machine gun configuration
Specification	IWI Dan	KPV heavy machine gun
Type	Sniper rifle^[source]	Heavy machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	Israel^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
Designer	Nehemia Sirkis^[source]	Semyon Vladimirov^[source]
Manufacturer	Israel Weapon Industries^[source]	Degtyarev Plant^[source]

Unit cost	$9,000^[source]	—

Produced	2014–present^[source]	1949–present^[source]

Cartridge	.338 Lapua Magnum^[source]	14.5×114mm^[source]

Action	Bolt-action^[source]	Short recoil operation^[source]

Feed system	10-round detachable box magazine^[source]	40-round belt^[source]

Sights	day or night optical sights back-up iron sights^[source]	iron or optical^[source]

In service	—	1949–present^[source]

Used by	—	See operators^[source]

Wars	—	Korean War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Rhodesian Bush War Western Sahara War Angolan Civil War South African Border War Soviet–Afghan War Libyan–Chadian conflict Iran–Iraq War Gulf War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Iraq War Lebanese Civil War First Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Russo-Ukrainian War Second Libyan Civil War Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Saudi–Yemeni border conflict (2015–present)^[source]

Designed	—	1944^[source]

Variants	—	KPVT^[source]

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